Léon Aimé (9 February 1924 – 31 August 2021) was a French politician. Aimé was born in

Longeville-sur-Mer Longeville-sur-Mer (, literally ''Longeville on Sea'') is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Geography North of the Marais Poitevin, Longeville-sur-Mer is situated in the south of the Vendée dep ...

, and became a farmer in

Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Population See also *Communes of the Vendée department The following is a list of the 257 communes of the Vendée departme ...

. In 1965, he was elected to the municipal council, then became deputy mayor in 1971. Aimé won the mayoralty in 1975, and remained in office until 1995. Several terms in other political offices overlapped with Aimé's tenure as mayor. He was selected to replace , who had died in office, on the

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Vendée Vendée (; br, Vande) is a department in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France, on the Atlantic coast. In 2019, it had a population of 685,442.

, in 1981. Aimé stepped down from the general council in 2001. From 1993 to 1997, Aimé was a member of the

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, replacing

Philippe Mestre Philippe Mestre (23 August 1927 – 25 April 2017) was a French high-ranking civil servant, media executive and politician. He was the prefect of Gers, Lower Normandy, Calvados, Pays de la Loire and Loire-Atlantique. He was the chief execut ...

, who had been appointed Minister of Veterans Affairs. Aimé was awarded officer of the

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, officier

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, and knight of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

. Aimé died, aged 97, on 31 August 2021. At the time of Léon Aimé's death, his son, Christian Aimé, was serving a second term as mayor of Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits.

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